OR PERIOPERATIVE PCT - (PATIENT CARE TECHNICIAN)

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The following actions are the PCT's job responsibilities within the OR.

• Assists the Clinical team in providing indirect patient care, plus has nonpatient care responsibilities to include but not limited to: 
• Room turnover: includes taking out the trash, cleaning all areas of the OR, including the OR table, making the table up, and mopping the floor
• Gathering equipment, supplies, and instrumentation for surgical cases
• Changing OR tables when necessary
• Room set up: setting up the entire OR room for the next case or first case of the day; this includes making the bed, having necessary equipment in the room positioned appropriately for the case
• Taking specimens to the lab
• Take returns to CSP and put returns away that live in the OR upstairs.
• PCT will be on your feet, the entire shift, so comfortable, supportive footwear is needed.

Acute Care Hospital experience preferred (i.e.:  Nursing Assistant, Unit Secretary, PCS, etc.)

Visual and auditory acuity for information retrieval and computer monitor use.

High School Diploma or Equivalent preferred.

American Heart Association BLS